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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our family has deep experience with Langley.  We were also just accepted for 9th grade for our child at Potomac.  I provide that simply as a baseline of our experience on this topic.  I agree with a number of points that 13:08 posted.  But I also disagree with several.  Specifically:

I do think many people would choose Potomac over Langley. But for one primary reason:  it goes right through high school.  Many families prefer to have a longer term solution.

I totally agree with the comments on Langley being a friendly place.  We have many good friends at Potomac.  But being close to the school, I have always noted a pattern of what I view to be insecurity by many of the parents - hence the poster's comment on how they need to quickly establish that they are Potomac families.

I totally disagree about the athletics comment.  Potomac is actually an extension of the quality and commitment to athetics that you get at Langley.  In other words, they have ok athletics programs, but certainly not at the level of seriousness that you see at some of the schools of the Landon ilk.  A student that does well in athletics at Langley would actually fit quite naturally into the programs at Potomac.

Finally, the schools that Langley students go on to are actually quite excellent.  Yes, there is a range.  But it certainly tips well to the quality side.  This year there are student heading on to NCS, Madeira, St. Albans, Sidwell, Georgetown Day, Georgetown Prep, a couple of the New England boarding schools, just to name a few.

[b]And yes, we declined on Potomac[/b].  It is an excellent school.  But we had a couple of other preferred choices.
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PP, our family has direct experience with both schools (kids have attended both) - so while I agree with your many glowing comments re: Langley, I do disagree with some of your comments re: Potomac.   Perhaps the fact that you have not had direct experience with a child attending Potomac leads your comments to be more about perception than experience.

In our experience, we have found both parent and student communities to be full of EXTREMELY nice and warm people.   Sure, you have a few exceptions at each school - but by and large they both seem to go out of their way to attract and admit normal people who have a kind disposition.   I think that's one of the positive things that really distinguishes both schools.   If anything, the fact that Langley is more of a local school leads to a little bit more of an insular feel if you are not a part of the McLean/Vienna clique.  Potomac, because of its size and geographic diversity, does not seem to have as big an issue with that.

As for sports - respectfully, I think you are off on that point.   Potomac has a very strong athletics program that is on par with it's chief rivals (Sidwell, Flint Hill, SSSAS, Maret).   It might not be at the consistent level across all sports that you'd find at Landon or Georgetown Prep, but it's very solid - and getting better every year.   Go check out the win/loss records on Potomac's website.   And see this link for Potomac grads that are playing sports at the college level - http://www.potomacschool.org/athletics/panther-alumni/index.aspx

No school is perfect, but with Langley and Potomac you have two excellent schools to choose from.

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